HEILUNG Release “Seidh”
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HEILUNG, the world-famous ritual collective from Denmark, Norway and Germany, releases “Seidh” today, with an official music video directed by Gornoss. The track is the second single from “Sagas”, the collective’s release of songs from the time collaborating with Ninja Theory for the video game Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga, which arrives on Season of Mist on December 11th, 2026.
“Seidh” draws its breath from the oldest layers of the North, where ritual, poetry, and prophecy were not yet separated. At the centre of the song stands the völva. Through chant, rhythm, and altered states of consciousness, she opens a space where the unseen begins to speak.
The video for “Seidh” is part three of a music video trilogy that deals with the trauma induced by warfare, from the upcoming album “Sagas”. Each video brings an element to the greater story.
One became two, and two became three.
When you walk an unknown path, it will reveal itself while you explore it. This is what happened when Heilung and Gornoss began their adventure in May this year, creating the video for the upcoming “Sagas” release.
Maria Franz explains: “We knew we wanted to tell a story about healing from trauma, and the choice of song landed on ‘Læknisgaldr’. A tiny team with a great mission travelled first to a Viking market in Borre, Norway, and then to rainy mountains in Iceland. But during the filming, it became clear that the story was too big for one video only. We instinctively knew that the next chapter needed to be to our song ‘Seidh’.
“To then fulfil the vision for ‘Seidh’, there was no doubt that we had to bring the dancing of our Haarii warriors, that many might recognise from our live shows. The journey therefore brought us to a forest in the Netherlands. And as we followed the path, the story unfolded and revealed itself further... We now had too much to tell for two videos only.”
This saga will now be told in three parts about trauma, healing and vision. In part two “Læknisgaldr” you participated in the healing. In part three “Seidh”, Heilung give you the vision. And finally in part one, you will witness the trauma in the still to be released “Slagt”.
“Seidh” was first performed live at The Game Awards in Los Angeles in 2023, and invokes the Norse mythology that guides Senua through 9th century Iceland in Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga. “Sagas” collects the recordings that Kai Uwe Faust, Maria Franz and Christopher Juul created with Ninja Theory for the game. After a 10-day journey across Iceland they wrote far more than the game could use, and Heilung regard “Sagas” as their own branch of their musical universe, a cinematic, immersive and environmental side of the project. Since 2015, the collective have connected modern listeners with the beginnings of humanity through what they call amplified history.
“Seidh” is available on digital platforms from midnight local time today, and “Sagas” can be pre-ordered in the formats listed below. The 2CD mediabook and the 3x12” vinyl editions also include “Sagas Ambient”, a bonus disc of eight distinct tracks: ambient soundscapes built for the video game.
Heilung return to Australia and New Zealand from March 1 to 16, 2027, opening with two nights at the Sydney Opera House. Singer-songwriter Lilith Max joins as special guest on every date outside Sydney.
